@kedik22
@david-martin
@mighty-red-1
Well, I can’t say it was any one level, but a confluence of events has made me make a big decision. I’ve quit and uninstalled AB2. I sync’d with Facebook and backed up my android game file, first, but it’s gone. I’m probably not going back.
Basically, you are right, David. I don’t need to be a completionist and let this game run my life (because it kinda has). Couple that with other developments:
— Crashes introduced with mew update. (David, did they release a new update? How are you playing — I thought it crashed for you?)
— Arena matchup woes. I faced all-7 opponents five times yesterday and lost to most of them.
— Difficulty of some Gravity Grove levels — they aren’t really THAT bad, but I HATE five-room boss fights and am tired of being tempted to spend gems on continues.
— New content keeps coming with no end in sight — can’t keep up with my completionist nature.
— More and more predatory gem-grabbing, including new buttons for continues on Arena battles (where it makes ZERO sense to continue). I almost clicked the continue button every time I played yesterday because I automatically thought it was the “Next” button after the battle was over. I wonder how many gems got spend with this update just from people accidentally clicking that new, stupid button?
The final thing that I realized is that while I really respect and am grateful to guys like @bankler, I don’t feel like much is being heard from the user community. Yes, some bugs get fixed, but then new gameplay mechanisms are introduced that appear even more money-grubbing than before. Alternately, ideas for improvements (or gripes about changes) are met with, “No, this is what the community really wants and it makes the game stronger.” I’m not even necessarily saying that’s not true, but if it IS true, then it’s just not a game I am interested in being part of the community for.
Oh, and Blizzard still exists. I’ll still have nightmares about that stupid spell for months after I stop playing! *smile*
That’s not to say I won’t be around — I will be! Still nice to see what other folks are into and how everyone is doing. Met tons of cool folks on this forum alone, even folks I can get along with when we disagree. That’s cool.
So, that’s my news for the day. Happy flinging!
Thanks,
sutekh137